WILLIAM  R,  PRINCE  &  CO. 

PROPRIETORS    OF    THE 

LLNNJEAN   BOTANIC   GARDEN 


NURSERIES, 

At  Flushing,  offer  the  following  Fruit  Trees  of  extra  size^ 
for  sale,  March  1st,  1846. 


RARE  AND  CHOICE  PEARS. 

These  varieties  can  all  be  supplied  of  extra  sizes,  from  6  to  12  feet  in  height, 
a  portion  of  them  of  one  height,  and  a  portion  of  another  between  the  two  ex- 
tremes named,  but  more  than  one  hundred  of  the  varieties  embraced  in  the 
two  divisions  which  follow,  can  be  supplied,  of  8  to  12  feet  in  height.  They 
ire  remarkably  stocky  and  vigorous,  being  of  far  greater  diameter  than  the  Trees 
isually  sold.  Purchasers  are  urged  to  inspect  these  Trees  personally  or  by  an 
\gent,  as  they  are  beyond  comparison  finer  than  any  Pear  Trees  obtainable  else- 
where. As  our  stock  of  these  extra  sized  trees  is  limited,  and  comprises  only  a 
few  thousands,  and  not  sufficient  to  supply  one  half  the  usual  applications,  pur- 
chasers must  send  their  orders  promptly,  or  they  will  be  disappointed,  as  many 
were  last  spring.  The  terms  for  these  Trees  will  be  cash,  or  good  drafts  or 
notes  at  short  date.  Prices  ;  6  to  7  feet,  7.5  cts ;  7  to  8  feet,  $1  00  ;  8  to  9  feet, 
Si  25;  10  to  12  feet,  $1  50  each.  Trees  of  less  sizes,  37  to  50  cents  each. 
Priced  Catalogues  of  the  entire  collection  of  Fruit  and  Ornamental  Trees  and 
Plants,  Bulbous  Flower  Roots,  new  and  superb  Dahlias,  Green-house  Plants, 
&:c.,  will  be  sent  to  every  postpaid  applicant. 


The  following  Pears  are  all  of  the  new  Flemish,  French  and  English  varieties, 
of  the  first  rank  and  greatest  merit,  with  the  exception  of  a  half  dozen  other 
varieties  of  longer  date : — 

Period  of  maturity 
Ah  mon  Dieu,  .......  Aug.. 

Oct. 


.Ian.  and  Feb 

Feb.  to  April 
Oct 

Jan.  and  Feb. 

Sept.  and  Oct 
Sept- 
do 

Dec.  and  Jan- 
Oct 
do 


Belle  de  Feron, 

do 

Troyes, 

Bergamot  de  Parthenay, 

do 

,    Faster 

do 

Thouin 

Beurre 

Bruneau, 

do 

Andusson, 

do 

blanc  panache, 

do 

d'Anjou, 

do 

gris  d'hiver,  on  de  Lucon 

do 

Mortefontaine, 

do 

Thouin, 

do 

Chaumontel  nouveau, 

do 

blanc  de  Nantes, 

do 

L'  Angelier, 

N.  B.  Of  this  one  variety  above,  we  can  s 


pply 


afts  only,  at  $3  for  3  rraft*. 


do 
do 


do 
do 
do 


do 


do 
do 
do 


do 


fieurre  d'Amanlis, 
do     d'Aremberg, 

L'Orpoline,  or  VOrpheline. 
Bosc, 

Calehasse  Bosc. 
Capiaumont, 

Calehasse  vasse. 
Beurre  Aurore. 
Coloma, 

Curtel,  or  Curtet, 
Diel, 

Beurre  Incomparable  of  France. 
Sylvanche  vert  d^hiver, 
Fourcroy  Bouvier. 
Colmar  Souverain. 
Easter. 

Bergamotte  de  Pentecote. 
Doyenne,  d^hiver  noxiveau. 
Moiret,  or  Moire 

Picquery,         .... 
Ranue,  or  Rans, 

Bonchretien  Rans. 
Hardenpont  du  printemps. 
VOken  d^hiver. 
Van  Mons, 
Bezi  des  veterans,     . 

do  Vouet,  .... 

Bonchretien  d'Amiens, 

do  d'Automne, 

Bonlon  de  St.  Marc, 
Belle  de  Bruxelles, 

Beauty  of  Brussels. 
Bleeker's  Meadow,  (American.) 

Large  Seckel. 
Bonchretien  fondant, 
Colmar  d'Aremberg, 

Chaptal,         ..... 
Clion,  or  Le  Cure  de  Clion, 

Vicar  of  Winkfield. 
Bourgmestre,  of  Manning. 
Mons.  Le  Cure,  erroneously. 
Capsheaf,  (said  to  be  American.) 
De  Juvardiel, 

De  Pape,  ou  De  St.  Pierre, 
Delice  d'Hardenport, 
Doyenn6  d'Alencon, 


Period  of  maturity. 
Aug. 
Nov. 

Oct. 

Oct. 


Aug. 
Sept.  and  Oct. 
Oct.  and  Nov 


do 

d'Boussock, 

. 

do 

gris  d'hiver  nouveau, 

do 

musque, 

. 

do 

panache. 

. 

do 

White, 

; 

St.  Micha 

el  of  Boston. 

Virgulieu 

^Butter  Pear. 

do 

,     Gray, 

, 

Due  de 

Bordeaux,      . 

. 

Dutchess  de  Berry, 

Sept. 
Dec.  and  Feb. 
Feb.  and  Mar. 


Oct. 

Autumn. 

Aug. 

Oct.  to  Dec. 

Oct. 

Nov. 

Nov.  to  April. 

Nov.  to  Jan. 

Sept.  and  Oct. 

July. 
Oct. 

Oct. 

end  of  Oct. 

Sept. 

Sept.  to  Oct. 

Oct. 

Nov. 
Sept. 


Dutchesse  d'Angouleme, 
Dumortier, 
Epine  d'ete, 
Figue  verte, 

do     d'Alencon, 
Flemish  Beauty, 

La  Belle  de  Flandres. 
Imperatrice  de  France. 
Fontarable, 
Fondante  du  Bois, 
do         d'Automne, 

Belle  Lucrative. 
Fortunee,  or  Beurri  Fortune, 
Glout  Morceau, 

Beurre  X Ar ember g  of  the  French. 
Roi  de  Wuriemberg  of  some. 
Gloria, — Colmar  d'hiver. 
Gamier, 
Girardon, 

Gloirede  Cambronne, 
Hessel  or  Hazel, 
Jalousie  de  Fontenay  "Vendee, 
Jaminette,  ... 

Josephine  of  many  collections. 

D^  Austrasie. 

Sabine  of  the  French. 
Jargonelle  of  the  English, 

Epargne  of  France. 
Jargonelle  of  the  French,  ^     . 

Bcllissime  de  ete,    . 

Bellissime  d' Amour. 

Supreme. 

Summer  Beauty. 

Sabine  d'ete. 

English  Red  Cheek. 
Josephine  de  Malines, 
Leon  Le  Clerc,  of  Van  Mons, 
Long  Green,      .... 

Verte  longue,—MouilU  bouche. 

Mouth  water. 
Louise  Bonne  of  Jersey, 

Louise  Bonne  d  Avranches. 
Luquet  d'Aliemagne, 

Large  Seckel,  new,  {see  Bleeker' s  Meadow,) 
Mabille, 
Madelene, 

Citron  des  Carmes 
Marie  Louise,     . 
Monarch,  Knight's, 
Muscat  Robert, 
Napoleon, 

Roi  de  Rome. 
Ne  plus  Meuris, 
Orange  d'etg, 
Pain  et  Vin, 
Parfum  d'hiver. 
Passe  Colmar, 

Present  de  Malines. 


Period  of  maturity. 

Oct.  and  Nov. 

Oct. 

Sept. 

Nov. 
Oct. 


Nov.  and  Dec. 

Nov.  to  Feb. 

Sept.  and  Oct. 

Jan. 
Nov.  and  Jan. 


Nov.  and  Dec. 
Nov. 


July. 
Aug. 


Dec. 

Dec.  to  April. 

Oct. 


Sept. 

Oct.  to  Dec. 
July. 

Oct.  and  Nov. 

Jan. 

July. 
Oct.  and  Nov. 

Nov.  and  March. 

Aug. 

Oct. 

Winter. 

Nov.  and  Jan. 


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Oct. 


Dec.  to  April. 
Dec.  and  Jan. 

end  of  Aug. 
Winter. 


Period  of  maturity , 
Pater  Nosier, 
Poire  d' Ananas, 

Autumn  Pine  Ajypl 
Philippe, 

Pound,  (see  Uvedale's  St.  Germain,) 
Present  royal  de  Naples, 
Ridelle, 

Rousselet  perdreau, 
Sageiet, 
Saint  Francois, 

"    Germain  nouveau, 

'*    Joseph, 

"    Michael  d'hiver, 
Sanguine  d'ltalie, 
SieuUe, 

Doyenne  Sieulle. 
Doyenne  d'hiver. 
Soldat  laboureur, 
Spadone  or  Espadone, 
St.  Ghislain, 
St.  Andre, 

St.  Michael  Archange, 
Tavernier  de  Bologne, 
Triomphe  de  Louvain, 
Uvedale's  St.  Germain, 

Pound,  of  New  York 

Tonneau. 

Van  Mons,  of  Leon  le  Clerc, 

Vilaine  de  St.  Florent,  ..... 

Wellington.,  or  Waterloo,  ..... 

The  following  Pears  of  the  older  French  varieties  produce  fair  and  estimable 
fruit  when  ingrafted  on  Quince,  as  the  most  of  these  are ;  and  also  when  in- 
grafted on  the  Pear,  provided  they  are  planted  in  well  sheltered  locations,  or 
as  standards  in  any  States  south  of  the  Delaware  river.  They  can  be  sup- 
plied of  the  same  sizes  and  descriptions  as  the  preceding  varieties. 

Period  of  maturity. 
Ambrette,  .......  Nov.  to  Jan. 


Oct. 

Sept. 
and  Nov. 

Feb.  a 

nd  March. 

Sept. 
Oct. 

April. 
Oct. 

Dec 

.  to  April. 

Oct. 

and  Nov. 

Bergamot,  Holland, 

Bezi  d'Heri,  or  Royal,         ^ 

'*     de  la  Motte, 

"     de  Montigny, 
Bianquet  gros, 
Bon  Chretien,  Spanish, 
Brown,  or  Golden  Beurre, 
Chaumontel, 
Colmar, 
Crassanne, 
Epine  d'hiver,    . 
Gilogile, 

Imperiale  E  feuilles  de  ChSne, 
Louise         Bonne, 
Martinsec, 
Messire  Jean, 
Rousselet  d'hiver, 
Rousseline, 
Striped  Dean, 

Culotte  de  Suisse. 


Feb.  to  March. 

Nov. 
Sept.  and  Oct. 

Oct. 

end  of  July. 

Nov.  and  Dec. 

Oct. 

Winter. 

Jan.  to  March. 

Nov.  and  Dec. 


March  and  April. 

Nov.  and  Dec. 

Nov.  and  Jan. 

Nov. 

Dec.  and  Jan. 

Winter. 

Sept. 


N.  B 
Catalogue. 


Verte  longe  panache. 
For  other  varieties  of  Pears  of  the  usual  size,  see  our  large  general 


PLUMS. 


The  following  varieties  can  be  supplied  of  the  same  extra  sizes,  and  at  the 
same  rates,  as  are  stated  for  Pears. 


Agen,  or  Robe  sergent, 

American  Cherry,  .  .  .  . 

Apricot  plum  of  Tours, 

Ahricotee. 
Du  Roi,  new^      .  .  .  .  . 

Drap  d'or,  .  .  .  .  . 

Grosse  MirabelU' 

Mirabelle  double. 
Early  Orleans,  .  .  •  . 

Monsieur  hatif. 

WilmoVs  new  Early  Orleans. 
English  Yellow  Gage, 

Reine  Claude  blanche. 
French  twice  bearing, 

Bifere,  ou  De  deux  saisons. 
Green  Gage,      .  .  .  .  . 

Bruyn  Gage. 

Grosse  Reine  Claude. 
Jerusalem,  .  •  .  ,  . 

Merveille  de  New  Kent,  new,    . 
Magnum  Bonum,  yellow, 

Yellow  Egg.    . 

Dame  Axibertjaune. 
Nectarine,  ,  .  ,  .  • 

Peach— Prune  peche. 

Jevkin's  Imperial. 

Caledonian. 
Orleans,  or  Red  Orleans, 

Monsieur. 

Red  Damask. 
Prince's  Green  Gage, 
Prune  des  bois,  French, 
Purple  Gage,      .  .  .  .  . 

Reine  Claude  violette. 
Pygmsea,  .  .  .  .  . 

Red  Perdrigon,  .... 

Perdrigon  range. 
Royal  Tours,     ..... 

Royale  de   Tours. 
St.  Martin,  Red, 

Coe^sjine  late  red. 
St.  Etienne,  new,  .  .  ,  . 

Swiss,  .  .  .  .  . 

Simiana. 

Monsieur  tardive. 
Violette  de  Beleique,  new, 

Belgian  Violet. 
White  Apricot,  .  .  ,  . 

Abricot  blanc 

N.  B. — For  other  varieties  qf  Plums  of  the 
Catalogue. 


Period  of  maturity. 
Sept, 
July. 

begin  Sept. 

Sept. 
Aug, 


Aug. 

Aug. 
Oct. 

Aua:. 


Sept. 

AU2. 


Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 
end  of  Aug. 

Sept. 

end  of  Aug. 

Oct. 

Sept.  and  Oct. 


beginning  of  Aug. 
usual  size,  see  the  large  general 


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NEW,  RARE,  AND  VERY  CHOICE  TABLE  GRAPES 

These  have  been  recently  imported,  and  together  with  the  foreign  Table 
Grapes  enumerated  in  our  General  Catalogue,  comprise  every  desirable  variety 
known  in  Europe.  They  have  been  selected  by  ourselves  with  great  care,  as 
the  mass  of  French  Grapes  imported  and  offered  for  sale,  are  no  better  than 
our  common  cider  apples  when  contrasted  with  the  best  table  fruit.  Price  50 
cents  to  $1  each.    W.  indicates  the  white  varieties,  and  C  the  colored  ones. 

Alcantino  de  Florence,  oval.    C. 

Asperian  gris,  C. 

Asperion  violet,  large,  C. 

Aspirant  blanc,  seedless,  W. 

Ametta. 

Balavri,  C. 

Blussard  noir,  ou  Belosar,  large,  C. 

Bourdelas,  very  large,  one  of  finest,  C.    SI  50. 

Calabrian, 

Raisin  de  Calabre. 
Casimer. 

Chambers,  medium  size,  C. 
Chasselas  blanc  precoce,  oval,  W. 

Blanc  precoce  de  Kimzheim. 

a  longue  grappes. 

' Cioutat  rose,  C. 

crepue,  W. 

de  Jerusalem,  W. 

de  Pondicherry,  large.    $2. 

Gros  Goulard,  large  early,  W. 

Froc  Laboulaye,  of  Algiers. 

hatif  de  Lausanne,  W. 

hatif  de  Teneriffe,  early. 

Jalabert,  large. 


noir  de  Naples,  C. 

rose  de  Judee,  C. 

rouge  nouvelle,  C. 

Suisse. 

Tokai  des  Jardins,  C. 

Clairette  gris,  oval,  C. 
Corinthe,  Large. 

Corinthe  la  grande. 
Cornichon  blanc, eZon^'afed,  W. 

violet,         do        C. 

Damascus,  oval  large,  C. 
Escholata. 

Fro  mental  de  la  Correze,  large,  C 
Fondant  roux,  large,  W. 
Gallica,  No.  3,  fine  French  seedling,  C.    $1  50. 
do      No.  4,        do  do.        C.    SI  50. 

Gros  blanc  perl6,  W. 

Gromier  de  Cantal,  large,  C.    $1  50; 

Grosse  noire,  large,  C. 

Perle  blanche,  round,  very  large,  W. 

rose,  large,  C. 

Grove  end  Sweetwater,  oval,  W. 
Jerusalem,  oval,  large,  C. 

Joli  blanc,  W. 

Jouanen,  oval,  large,  W, 

Juravel,  gros  tioir,  C. 

Large  Damask,  oval,  very  large,  C. 

Damas  le  gros. 
Liverdun  (Swiss,)  oval,  hardy^  C. 


Madeleine  blanche  de  Bordeaux,  oval,  W, 

de  Jacques,  round,  W, 

Vibert,  oval,  W. 

MuUer  Reben,  oval,  W. 
Macabeu,  oval,  large. 
Muscat  de  Rivesalte,  C. 

Caiilaba  noir,  C. 

Jesus,  earliest  white  Muscat.     $1  50. 

Romaine,  excellent. 

Moranet, 

New  Hybrid  Isabella,  between  it  and  the  Chasselas,  round  red  fruit,  S2. 
Olivette  de  Herault,  oval,  large,  W. 
Pernette,  round,  C. 
Petit  Gromier  rouge,  round,  C 
Pineau  d'Espagne,  C 
Piquepoule  noire,  oval,  large,  C 
Plant  Pascal. 

Querci  noir,  or  Coussi,  large,  C. 
Rhein  Hinche,  oval,  hardy,  C. 
Riessling  petit,  hardy,  W.~ 
Clairette  de  Limoux. 
Riessling  le  grand. 
Saubion  gris,  large,  C. 
Schiraz,  oval,  very  large,  Jirm,  C. 
Tekai  de  Herault,  W. 
Verdelho,  oval,  W. 
Viganne  blanche,  W. 

noire,C. 

Also,  11  distinct  Hybridized  varieties  of  the  Isabella,  produced  by  impregna- 
tion with  the  finest  foreign  Table  varieties.  These  have  very  peculiar  foHage, 
but  have  not  yet  produced  fruit,  and  they  are  as  yet  only  enumerated  asl^o.  2 
to  12,  the  red  variety  named  in  the  regular  Catalogue  being  No.  I.  Vines 
can  be  furnished  of  all  the  varieties,  at  B2  each,  or  $18  for  the  12. 


CHOICE  AND  SCARCE  ARTICLES 

OF  EXTHA  SIZE,  OF  WHICH  BUT  FEW  ARE  OBTAINABLE  ELSEWHERE  EQUAL  IN  SIZE. 

Tree  Box,  4  feet  in  height,       -  -  .  . 

AucubaJaponica,  large  size,  -  -  . 

English  Yew,  extra  sizes,       -  -  .  - 

Irish  Yew,  3  feet,  ..... 

do        4  feet,  .  .  .  .  _ 

Swedish  Juniper,  4  feet,  .... 

Rhododendron  pontium,  large  bushy  plants,  2i  feet, 

do  Catawbiense,  extra  size. 

Oriental  Cypress,  pyramidal,  2A  feet, 
do  do        spreading,    do.      - 

Paulownia  Imperialis,  7  to  8  feet,        -  .  - 

do  do  5  to  6    *' 

do  do  3  to  4  feet, 

Purple  Beech,  extra  size,         -  .  .  .^ 

Weeping  Laburnum,  extra  size, 
Victoria  Currant,  ..... 

Fastolf  Raspberry,       -  -  -  -  . 

English  Laurel,  extra  size,        .... 
Portugal    do  do  -  -  .  . 

Portugal  Quince,  6  feet  and  over,  perfectly  straight,  with  heads,  '  75 


each. 

$1  50 

1  00 

$1  to  2  00 

2  00 

3  00 

1  00 

2  50 

81^  to  2  50 

1  00 

1  00 

3  00 

2  00 

1  00 

1  50 

1  50 

per  dozen. 

,  6  00 

do 

4  00 

each. 

,  1  00 

1  00 

TO  THE   PUBLIC. 

COMMENTS  ON  NEW  VARIETIES  OF  FRUITS,  8fC, 

A  large  number  of  varieties  of  Apples,  Pears,  Plums,  Peaches,  Cherries,  &c. 
have  been  added  to  the  collection,  in  addition  to  those  comprised  '\i\  the  34th  edi- 
tion of  our  Fruit  Catalogue  ;  but  the  trees  of  these  varieties  being  small,  would 
not  suit  the  generality  of  customers.  If,  however,  any  persons  desire  them, 
they  will  be  supplied  of  one  year's  growth  from  the  inoculation  ;  and  there  is 
no  estimable  variety  described  in  the  catalogue  of  the  London  Horticultural 
Society,  or  in  the  catalogues  of  the  best  Nurseries  of  France,  England  and  Bel- 
gium, or  in  the  recent  work  of  Mr.  Downing  on  Fruits,  but  what  is  now  under 
cultivation  in  our  Nurseries.  The  whole  assortment  of  novelties,  both  in  the 
Fruit  and  Ornamental  departments,  will  be  published  the  ensuing  summer  in  a 
Supplementary  Catalogue.  The  entire  collection  of  Fruits  at  present  com- 
prised in  this  establishment,  is  incomparably  superior  to  any  other  in  America 
or  in  Europe,  with  the  single  exception  of  that  of  the  London  Horticultural  So- 
ciety, which  is  merely  a  specimen  collection  of  one  or  two  trees  of  a  kind,  and 
none  for  sale.  We  have  also  the  most  extensive  collection  of  bearina  specimen 
Fruit  Trees  in  the  Union,  and  now  comprising  nearly  2000  varieties.  The  assort- 
ments of  Raspberries,  Currants,  Strawberries,  and  other  small  fruits,  are  also  of 
great  interest,  comprising  every  estimable  variety,  and  many  of  remarkable  pe- 
culiarity and  excellence.  The  department  of  Roses  is  the  one,  next  to  Fruits, 
which  has  enlisted  the  feelings  and  devotion  of  the  proprietors.  It  occupies 
four  acres,  and  comprises  every  very  choice  and  admirable  variety  which  could 
be  culled  from  all  the  eminent  collections  in  Europe ;  and  by  thus  concentrating 
in  one  Garden  the  choicest  beauties  of  every  clime,  it  presents  a  combination 
superior  to  any  other  collection  in  this  country  or  in  Europe.  Strangers  are 
invited  to  view  all  the  different  departments  to  which  we  have  referred,  and  to 
witness  that  we  have  not  portrayed  too  vividly  the  estimable  varieties  con- 
centrated therein.  There  is  so  much  bombast  and  humbug  in  the  pretended 
catalogues  that  are  issued  from  this  town,  and  from  3  or  4  towns  in  this  and 
other  States,  that  it  is  next  to  impossible  for  a  stranger  to  form  a  correct  judg- 
ment except  by  actual  observation;  for  while  we  on  the  one  hand  supply  as- 
sortments annually  to  more  than  one  hundred  Nurseries,  and  to  thousands  of 
individuals,  there  are  three  or  four  Nurseries  which  we  have  referred  to,  that  pub- 
lish the  most  copious  catalogues,  when,  in  point  of  fact,  they  have  not  one 
article  in  twenty  that  they  enumerate,  and  some  comparatively  have  none  at 
all.  This  deceptive  practice  has  been  carried  on  to  such  an  extent,  that  there 
are  now  Nurseries  hailing  from  this  town  and  elsewhere,  that  actually  have 
never  had  an  existence.  We  have  submitted  to  this  palpable  fraud  most  pa- 
tiently, hoping  it  might  subside ;  but  we  now  find  that  distant  purchasers  of  trees 
are  so  often  misled  and  disappointed  that  we  intend,  if  the  practice  is  not  dis- 
continued, to  publish  the  names  of  the  persons  and  the  circumstances.  There 
is  also  a  class  of  men  who  buy  up  inferior  and  dubious  trees,  and  take  them  to 
distant  localities  and  sell  them,  under  the  pretence  that  they  are  of  the  most 
estimable  dlass,  and  that  are  obtained  from  us  or  some  other  leading  estab- 
lishment. We  actually,  in  one  of  our  tours,  passed  an  auction  store  where 
trees  were  being  cried  and  selling  as  from  us,  when  we  had  never  heard  of  the 
man,  or  had  any  dealings  of  any  kind  whatever.  Deceptions  in  the  different 
ways  referred  to,  are  calculated  to  grossly  injure  the  best  regulated  establish- 
ments ;  and  as  we  conduct  our  business  far  more  from  partiality  and  pride  than 
from  pecuniary  motives,  we  intend  hereafter  to  publish  every  act  of  this  kind 
that  we  become  apprized  of.  Besides  the  foregoing  evils,  there  are  others  re- 
sulting from  the  silly  jealousies  which  too  often  exist,  even  among  respectable 
Nursery  proprietors,  who  are  striving  for  business ;  and  those  least  eminent  and 
prosper,  .us  are  apt  to  decry  the  excellence  or  accuracy  of  nr.ore  extensive  or  more 
successful  establishments,  which  only  serves  to  prove  that  even  the  culture  of 
Fruits  and  Flowers  does  not  totally  obliterate  the  evil  passions.  But  the 
malice  of  such  acts  is  only  surpassed  by  the  puerile  weakness  and  utter  fool- 
ery that  generates  such  idle  remarks— as  every  reflective  man  must  know  that 
the  perpetuity  and  prosperity  of  a  Nursery  can  only  be  sustained  by  the  accu- 
racy and  good  faith  with  which  it  is  conducted,  and  that  any  wrong  committed 
towards  its  supporters,  would  be  precisely  equivalent  in  folly  and  weakness  to 
that  of  a  physician  who  should  seek  to  build  up  his  fortune  by  poisoning  his 
own  patients.  WILLIAM  R.  PRINCE  &  CO, 


